When the government publicly presents its planned measures to increase birth rates on Thursday, the opposition says it supports the goal of improving the demographic situation but will evaluate the proposals…
The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday approved the implementation plan for the provisions of the XXI Government program, which includes shortening patient queues to doctors, increasing pensions,…
On the coast, almost all the country’s ministers are staying for the second day, led by the prime minister. On Wednesday, they spent nearly two hours interacting with the Klaipėda University community and…
Decreasing birth rates receive a lot of attention and encouragement from politicians and society to “do something.” Unfortunately, this phenomenon is the reality of all developed countries, and other countries…
In Lithuania, women have their first child at an average age of 28.8 years – and by this indicator, our country ranks among the states where motherhood is being postponed to increasingly later times….
Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius announced on Friday that next week the Government will present to the public proposals for the so-called family policy package aimed at promoting birth rates.
Minister of Social Security and Labour Inga Ruginienė considers the possibility for the country’s political parties to sign a national agreement, which would encourage families and be…
The year 2025 in Lithuania was a record low birth year: 17,478 babies were born, and the total fertility rate dropped to 1.04 children per woman. We are counting how many children…
Analysts predict a declining population in Lithuania from next year and employment in the country reaching its highest level and, likely, no longer increasing, “Swedbank”…
I asked and I can immediately answer that it will not be enough. It will not be enough for a very simple reason. No matter what politicians agree on, they need as many children as natural population replacement…